Today's Learning Objective: Students will build a broader understanding of current events and news resources. Students will strengthen summarization skills.
Bell Ringer: Appositive Phrases
Copy the sample sentence on one side of your notecard.
SAMPLE SENTENCE: Harry was small and tough, a boy going through life with his chin stuck out a mile.
Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis
SAMPLE SENTENCE: The furniture, a mixture of Logan crafted walnut and oak, included a walnut bed whose ornate headboard rose halfway up the wall toward the high ceiling.
Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
SAMPLE SENTENCE: A slight bald man, he reminded me of a baby bird.
Tracy Chevalier, The Girl with a Pearl Earring
Copy the description on the other side.
A noun phrase identifying a person, place, or thing named in the sentence. Appositives often begin with the words a, an, or the. They always answer the questions : Who? or What?
Monday Mash-up!
Today's Learning Objective:Students will build a broader understanding of current events and news resources. Students will strengthen summarization skills.
Bell Ringer: Appositive Phrases
Copy the sample sentence on one side of your notecard.
SAMPLE SENTENCE: Harry was small and tough, a boy going through life with his chin stuck out a mile.
Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis
SAMPLE SENTENCE: The furniture, a mixture of Logan crafted walnut and oak, included a walnut bed whose ornate headboard rose halfway up the wall toward the high ceiling.
Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
SAMPLE SENTENCE: A slight bald man, he reminded me of a baby bird.
Tracy Chevalier, The Girl with a Pearl Earring
Copy the description on the other side.
A noun phrase identifying a person, place, or thing named in the sentence. Appositives often begin with the words a, an, or the. They always answer the questions : Who? or What?
Current Events
Groups gather a story to share for:Helpful Websites
NPR
FOX News
CNN
Huffington Post
Local News WMCTV Action News 5
Each group member completes the attached handout.
Groups share news with the class.